Musicians taken for a (cab) ride

The back of a London taxi has become an unlikely music venue. Indie five-piece the Mules, American lo-fi singer Bill Callahan and folk-rocker Freddie Stevenson are among the bands who have contributed to the Black Cab Sessions, a series of short music videos recorded in London black cabs and uploaded to MySpace at myspace.com/hiddenfruit. "It's a very personal mini-concert, which makes a change from the big gig venues," says Gen Stevens, the sessions' co-producer. But she admits that not every cabbie has been as enthusiastic. "Often we've had to wait ages for a cabbie who would take us. Some of them say they just don't like music."